National Geographic’s ‘Afghan Girl’ Seeks Refuge In Italy Amidst Taliban Takeover
Do you remember National Geographic’s iconic 1985 magazine cover of an Afghan girl? Her name is Sharbat Gula and she is known to be “the world’s most famous refugee”.
Sharbat was photographed by war photographer, Steve McCurry back in 1984 when she was just 12 years old and living at a refugee camp along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border after the Soviet invasion.
And now, 3 decades later, her story as a refugee continues as she seeks safety away from the Taliban resurgence in her home country, Afghanistan.
After U.S troops left Afghanistan in August, the Taliban seized control over most of Afghanistan (except the capital, Kabul). This has caused thousands of Afghans to flee and seek refuge in safer countries. War times have displaced a lot of innocent lives and the story is no different for Sharbat.
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